ghjuvanni
Responses from ghjuvanni
| Seeking recommendations for DAC to amplifier balanced XLR cable Budget: around $500. Currently using Colorado RCA, but was hoping that balanced cabling can beat that Colorado. Sommer Epilogue doesn't. I look for detail, transparency, space. On some musical pieces, eg. electronic music, very sharply defined sou... | |
| Seeking recommendations for DAC to amplifier balanced XLR cable @gdnrbob I have Mackenzies RCA. Good, but I slightly preferred Colorado RCA. Considering Mackenzie XLR though, as I don't want to pay a lot for that balanced interconnect | |
| Seeking recommendations for DAC to amplifier balanced XLR cable @david_ten Perhaps not a fair comparison indeed. I don't quite believe in cable break-in, but I am going to give this newcomer a chance. I was just trying to listen to it but I had to switch it over to Colorado, the lack of clarity was so annoying... | |
| Guttenberg's Cornwall IV Review -- I'm in trouble @bigjohn9095 You have a TON of power in that amp for these speakers! You can help out with demolition jobs :-)What speaker cable to you run?Pls play James Blake's "Limit to your love" (yesterday’s discovery), just not too loud at first. | |
| Guttenberg's Cornwall IV Review -- I'm in trouble I listened to SG's review and I have to agree with his every word. Very engaging, "direct live experience"/foot tapping type of sound. But at the same time not very 3D in the sense of depth, more "forward."The only thing that blocks me is the huge... | |
| Guttenberg's Cornwall IV Review -- I'm in trouble @jbhiller I regret to inform you that I have heard the Cornwalls IV and I can’t get them out of my mind. This probably means that I have made the subconscious decision to buy them, I just don’t know it yet. Let’s call credit card companies about i... | |
| [help] I'm too Boomer to stream. :-( Can't complain about Node 2i's software.In addition to streaming, I connect a WD external disk full of my ripped FLAC disks directly with USB. | |
| Moving up from a Node 2i Just received the updated RME ADI-2 DAC from B&H, connected with Mogami 2964 coaxial to Node 2i's output and the sound improvement is quite substantial! Not to mention all the controls that I still have to learn.The same AQ Colorado cables tak... | |
| What is "break in" and what difference does it make? In amps? Preamps? Speakers? More? I am always wondering if anyone ever made the following test: take two identical units of cable, subject one to the alleged burn-in, then do blind testing on both attempting to tell the difference. | |
| Thoughts/Advice on replacing a 20 year old system Not to crazy about MQA. Switched to Qobuz HiRes. I am still using Node 2i; it sports a good DAC. MF M6si is my new, and great, integrated amp. Considering upgrade of the DAC to RME ADI-2 DAC -- I am not even sure it will be that much better. It is... | |
| What is "break in" and what difference does it make? In amps? Preamps? Speakers? More? +1 djones51, +1 davekayc | |
| MQA and classical music I would like to stress the fact that I heard the lossy nature of MQA only when critically comparing a modern classical recording involving the piano, an instrument particularly sensitive to reproduction imperfections. When listening to rock or ele... | |
| Are "streamers" the new "transports"? I would use Bluesound Node 2i (or Vault if you need CD ripper + storage). Excellent BluOS software will make a difference. Then stream to your DAC of choice... | |
| Cable septic I can only say I wasted some 25 years by not believing that cables make a significant difference :-( I have physics and electronics background and I thought that with rather small lengths, acoustic frequencies, and smallish voltage/current, all no... | |
| Any Spendor D9 owners out there? Auditioned today, trying to upgrade from my KEF 104/2 and I was not impressed by their bass at all. Klipsch sounded quite impressive in contrast. |